A woman who says she was raped by a Baltimore police officer in exchange for her release from custody took the witness stand Thursday on the first day of his trial in Circuit Court.

At times speaking in a choked voice or with tears rolling down her cheeks, the woman said Jemini Jones, 29, brought her and a friend in handcuffs to the Southwest District station house on Dec. 27, 2005, and told her “I was going to have to give him some” sex in exchange for her freedom. Officers took the women into custody after spotting them smoking marijuana in a parked car, according to court testimony.